FALL WORK IN 



refuse on top, with wire netting to hold it in 

 place if evergreen boughs are not to be had. 

 If one fears to trust these roses to out-door 

 wintering, they can be lifted late in fall, packed 

 closely together in boxes of soil, and stored in 

 the cellar. There they should be kept cold and 

 dry. In April they can be set out in the gar- 

 den. Most of them will winter safely in this 

 way, but we do not get such growth from them 

 as from those left in the ground. The tops of 

 these tender Roses should be cut away before 

 covering or lifting. All we care to save is the 

 roots. The ideal covering is snow. I have 

 several times had very tender varieties covered 

 with snow before I had given them any atten- 

 tion whatever. Every one of the plants so 

 covered which remained covered until spring 

 came through in excellent condition. If all 

 our Roses could have a snow-drift to winter 

 in, there would be no difficulty about bringing 

 them through in good condition. 



Roses should not be uncovered in spring 

 until the weather becomes settled. Too early 

 removal of protection is often followed by cold 

 weather, which injures the plants quite as much 

 as exposure during the winter would. " One 

 swallow doesn't make a summer," neither does 



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